Roxas found himself floating in a dark void. 'so this it?' He thought. He was just absorbed back into Sora after finding out his life for the past few months was nothing but a lie. Whatever happy memories he had in that fake town meant nothing, the bonds he had mean nothing, even fi he had met the actual people in the real town would mean nothing because they've never actually met or spent anytime with him.

He clenched his fist, it wasn't fair. He was created and just so happened to have a keyblade like Sora, which lead to him being found and manipulated by the organization and captured and tricked by that doctor. He didn't matter just because he was a Nobody and wanted someone within the light? He growled. Like he was one to talk about light and darkness while working with Riku. Would Sora actually just forgive them for capturing and lying to someone for a whole year before ripping everything away from them? Of course the fool would. He always was too kind for his own good. But he wasn't Sora.

He refused. He refused to let everything end like this, he would escape and find a new life, with real friends and real bonds that weren't just some ploy or simulation.

The power of nothingness surged in his body, silver and grey arcs of energy flying off when suddenly a bright light appeared. 'What is that?' Roxas questioned as he swam closer to it. He could fell warmth coming from the light, the closer he got the more he could feel it's power. That's when he saw the rift, appearing like a crack in space.

"Is this my way out?" He questioned. He grinned widely, this is his key! He could escape, form a new life somewhere and make new, real friends! Maybe even eat some real food and not stuff that was just code from a program! But it seemed to small.

He willed Oathkeeper and Oblivion to his hands, if anything would break it open, these would. He raised the blades in his hands and stabbed them into the rift.

Almost immediately he could hear see the small cracks forming. He pushed hard as the cracks slowly grew. But it wasn't enough.

He started pouring out whatever power he had into it as darkness, light, and nothingness flowed out from him into the rift and it kept growing. suddenly Oblivion began to crack before disappearing.

"It must have been absorbed back into Sora. Meaning I might not have much time left either." Roxas clicked his teeth in frustration.

He put both hands on Oathkeeper and poured even more power into it. The rift glowed brighter and brighter before it was torn wide open. The Nobody looked back at the void one last time. "No idea if you can hear me Sora, but I never had anything against you Personally. You never did anything to me besides exist before me and it'd be hypocritical if I hated you for that, but considering how I feel about your friend, it might be best we don't meet. Oh, and if you see Xemnas, give him absolute hell." He stated into the void before turning back to the rift and entering through it.


Meanwhile in another world where the sky was dark as night and darkness covered the land, the thunderous footsteps rang out as a bipedal dragon with four arms and a pair of wings covered in grey and red scales and spikes coming out of its body walked into a clearing. It's most notable feature was the five broken horns on it's head with green energy glowing in them as well as in the center of it's chest. It raised it's head to the cloud covered sun.

"Tenbu..." It growled in a deep voice. "After all these years I've crawled out of that pit you left me to rot in. Soon I will hunt you down and make you pay for what you did to my horns."

Suddenly another figure flew down onto the ground behind the dragon, it was more humanoid with purple armor and golden pieces of metal floating behind it in a ring. "Nightmare." The four armed dragon turned to the newcomer.

"My lord, it has been too long." Nightmare greeted the dragon.

"Yes, but now it's time to for our return. As well as finding Tenbu." The dragon stated.

"But where shall we start?" Nightmare asked.

The dragon appeared to be deep in thought before asking a question to his servant. "Tell me Nightmare, I've heard about many of us monsters traveling to earth."

Nightmare paused for moment before replying. "Yes, however I have heard of those were sent back due to them needing a buddy to stay there."

The dragon hummed. "Then we shall need to find one as well."


"AAAAAAAHHH-!" A scream cut through the air before a thud rang out. Groaning, Roxas slowly woke up to find himself in a dumpster. Forcing himself up, he slowly and carefully left the dumpster.

He looked around for moment before patting his own body to see if this is real. He started to give off a wide grin. "HehehehAHAHAHA- oh god my chest." Roxas started laughing before coughing and grabbing his chest in pain.

Taking a few deep breaths, he looked at his hand curiously before he tried to summon his keyblade and light gathered in his hand for a split second before dispersing. "Considering I just willed myself back from non-existence, I probably shouldn't be surprised about being so weak." The Nobody sighed before shrugging. "Well, that thing has been nothing but trouble for me anyways. Who knows, maybe the organization won't have any sort of way to find me without it. Now, where am I." Roxas questioned before walking out the alley to find himself in the middle of a of what looked like a bunch of old warehouses.

"Time to figure out where I am." Roxas said as he started walking before suddenly stopping as he felt something, turning around he saw a deck of cards on the ground behind him. "What the hell?"

"Greetings child." A voice spoke from nowhere.

Roxas jumped. "Who's there?!" He questioned, inwardly cursing his weakened state.

"Pick up the deck and we shall be introduced." The voice said again.

Roxas turned to deck, picking it up and flipping it over for it to suddenly shine brightly. It turned into a small star that flew a bit further away from the Nobody before growing in size and once the light died down, it revealed a giant four-armed dragon. "Ah yes, I can tell that you must be it. It is a pleasure to meet you... my Buddy."

"...Huh?" Was Roxas' oh so eloquently formed response.

"Oh? How odd, I believed that all humans were aware of us Buddy Monsters." He stated before leaning in to observe the boy. "Ah, I see now. You aren't of this world as well."

Roxas' eyes widened as he took step back. "How did you know?" He demanded with a glare.

"It is natural for me to be able to tell about another being not from this world." The dragon huffed.

"And how is tha-" Roxas words died in his throat as he processed part of his words. "'Another'?"

"In this world, many humans have become buddies with other monsters for Buddyfight." The Dragon explained.

"They what?" Roxas asked, feeling his brain short circuit about the casual mention of how the whole world already knows about the other worlds things along with everything else. "What's buddyfight?"

"The game that those cards are used for obviously." The dragon retorted. Roxas looked back at the deck in his hands then back to the dragon before raising an eyebrow. "So what does this have to do with me?"

"I have decided to come to earth. For this, I have picked you."

"What exactly is in it for me?" Roxas asked.

"Explain." The dragon narrowed his eyes.

"So far a random dragon shows up asking me to be it's buddy so it can whatever in this world which sound pretty shady, I see no reason for me to accept." Roxas said as he started walking away.

"But you find yourself in an unfamiliar world with little knowledge of many of it's possible concepts, who knows when you will find another to guide you. But I can also tell, you too have a burning resentment inside you." Roxas paused mid-step. "I can see it in your eyes, resentment against someone who has wronged you deeply and it has been ingrained into you. I can provide my power as well, we can consider this a mutually beneficial partnership. You help me stay here in this world and I lend you my power, perhaps we may even be able to fulfill your desire for revenge as well."

Roxas stood completely still for a solid minute, Mentally weighing his options. With a deep sigh, he turned to face the dragon. "The instant I sense any trouble from you, I'm ripping you're card up."

The dragon merely chuckled. More amused than anything by his threat. "I assure you, neither of us will regret this."

Roxas rolled his eyes. "Omnious. But what do I even call you?"

"I am the Void Omni Wicked Lord, Negulbalz. Let this be a most fortunate partnership, my buddy." Negulbalz returned to card form and flew back into the deck in Roxas' hands. With a sigh, the blond started to make his way out of the alley and hoped he didn't make a mistake.

Walking forward until he found a park, he took a moment to look around. "Jeez, aren't parks supposed to have at least some people?" Roxas remarked as he noted the vacancy of the park. "So much for asking for directions." He sighed. That's when he heard rustling from the bushes next to him and saw a bearded man run out of the bushes.

"Shit, those buddycops are persistant." He said between breaths before noticing the blond boy close boy. Smirking, he lunged at the boy with the intent on taking him hostage. However, before he could grab him he was met with a fist to the face and an audible crunch.

"Oh god!" He cried out as he flew backwards and clutched his now crooked nose. Roxas, for his part, simply rolled his wrist after punching the man. "Well, at least I'm still pretty good physically." He said to no one but himself as he heard his new buddy chuckle from the deck.

After snapping his nose back into place, he got up and glared out the boy. He noticed the deck in Roxas' hand and smirked as an idea formed. "Oi, kid!" He yelled, catching the boy's attention. "You're a buddyfighter right, well fight me!"

"Why would I do that?" Roxas raised an eyebrow.

"If you win, I'll turn myself in. But if I win, you'll be my hostage!" The man said as next to him appeared a humanoid lizard with spiked armor and various weapons attached to it's body and wielding a red chainsaw appeared next to him and roared in agreement.

Roxas briefly considered just knocking him out, but trying to fight a lizard monster wielding damn chainsaw with just his fists would be more than a little difficult. That was when his new buddy spoke up. "You should accept."

Roxas snapped his head to the small floating star next to him that Negulbalz voice resonated from. "Seriously? I don't even know the rules of the game." Roxas whispered incredulously.

"Then this is a good time to teach you. Even if this fool somehow beat us, I can easily defeat them." The dragon stated.

Roxas rolled his eyes but agreed nonetheless. "Alright, fine." He said.

The criminal grinned. "Alright!" He grabbed his core deck case as an odd upside-down, triangular device suddenly floated in front of Roxas. "Luminize! Brutal Armorknights!" The man shouted as his deck case turned into an armband before six holographic cards appeared in front of him. Roxas placed his deck on the device before it was covered up and cards also appeared in front of him, causing him to blink in surprise. Suspended in the air to each players left were two far larger cards

"Raise the flag! Danger World!"

"Darkness Dragon World." Roxas stated the name of his flag.

"I'm going first! I draw, charge and draw!" The bearded man said as he drew a card before tossing another one to the two cards in the air before drawing again.

"What was that?" Roxas asked his buddy.

"He drew a card from his deck then proceeded to add one from his hand to the gauge before drawing again. The gauge is what you need to use more powerful cards." Negulbalz stated, memorizing this game's rules.

"I call to the center, Armorknight Minotaur!" The criminal fighter said as a magic circle appeared in front of him and a red minotaur covered in armor with drills appeared wielding a giant axe. "Now take out that brat."

"Leave it me, I rip 'em apart!" Minotaur shouted as he threw his axe at Roxas, forcing the shocked Nobody to raise his arms in defense. The spinning axe hit him dead on and reduced his life from 10 to 7. However, instead of being covered in cuts, the injuries were replaced by a black and red grid which quickly disappeared. Roxas patted his body in surprise.

"That'll be all for me." The criminal said his he ended his turn.

"What was that?" Roxas asked Negulbalz.

"That cow is a size 2 Monster with 3 critical and 5000 power and defense. You can only have a total size of 3 on the field. Like three size 1 monsters, one size 1 and one size 2 monster or one size 3. Critical shows how much damage you take when hit and as for power and defense, you compare the attackers power to the targets defense. If it's equal to or greater than the defense, the attack destroys it." The black dragon explained in a bored tone. "You lose when your 10 Life hits 0 or you run out of cards in your deck."

"Wow, you really understand the rules." Roxas said.

"OF COURSE I DO! DO YOU THINK I WOULD COME HERE WITHOUT KNOWING EVEN THE BASICS?!" An offended Negulbalz shouted, making Roxas rub his ear in pain. "Yeah, yeah. I get it you bag of scales." The buddy fighter said in annoyance. "Draw. Charge and draw." Roxas stated as he began his turn.

Looking at his hand cards, he grabbed one from them. "I call to the right, Black Dragon, Cold Blade." To his right appeared a black dragon with blue accents as well as blue claws and blue spikes on it's body as a cold chill filled the air. It roared in anticipation.

"Now Bloody Moon Dragon to the left." A bipedal dragon that was as red as blood appeared to his right.

"Now I pay 1 gauge and 1 life to equip, Blade of Lament, Sadgrieve." A large, black sword with a very wide tip appeared in Roxas' hands as his Life went down to 6. The Nobody weighed the sword in his hand. 'A bit bigger than what I'm used to, but it feels like it's weight is all the same.'

'So he's already figured out how to use items.' Negulbalz hummed.

"I'll be taking out Minotaur!" Roxas exclaimed as he raised Sadgrieve and charged at Minotaur.

"Bring it on pipsqueak!" The armorknight roared as he raised his axe to crush Roxas but to his surprise the Nobody parried it before slicing right through him. Minotaur exploded in a burst of orange cards and in his place was a blue orb of energy.

"Sadgrieve has Spectral Strike, when I destroy a monster with it, I deal 2 damage to you." Roxas stated as he swung his sword and hit the orb towards the criminal fighter. The orb exploded upon impact and reduced the opponent's life to 8.

"Now Bloody Moon." Roxas said as the blood red dragon leapt towards the opponent. "I'm gonna shred to little pieces!" Bloody Moon cackled as it violently slashed the criminal with his claws, reducing him to 6 life.

"Now Cold Blade will attack." Roxas said as the size 1 monsters sunk it's fangs into the criminal, causing him to cry out as his Life went to 5.

"Well that's all i can do for now." Roxas said as his turn ended. His buddy spoke up once again. "I'm surprised to managed to figure out items and out Spectral Strike so quickly."

"I can read the cards you know. And I saw the item's name and stats and put two and two together." Roxas retorted.

"My turn." The criminal grunted as he drew a card before charging and drawing. He then grinned as he grabbed a card. "I pay a gauge and cast Survival Chance!" He said as one of his gauge turned into a small star which flew into his card before shattering as he drew 2 more cards. "Next I'll cast Lord Aura Meditation!" 2 more cards were added to his gauge.

"I Buddy Call to the right, Armroknight Lizardman!" The criminal said as his buddy monster appeared on his right as his life went up to 6. "Next I call to the left, Armorknight Griffin!" A griffon with various weapons attached to it's body appeared.

"Do all these Danger World Monsters just have absurd amounts of weapons attached to them?" Roxas asked incredulously. "Danger World is a world where it's survival of the fittest, no matter how many weapons you need attached. It's the only world as dangerous to be in as Darkness Dragon World." Negulbalz answered.

"Remind me to never visit your home or theirs." The buddyfighter told the black dragon.

"Now I equip Boulder Piercing Spear!" A blue trident appeared in the man's hands. "Finally I cast Thunder Devastation!" Two gauge flew into his spell card as his weapon surged with electricity before stabbing it into the ground. Electricity flowed over the land and shocked Cold Blade and Bloody Moon before destroying them.

"Crap!" Roxas cursed.

"Lizardman, teach this kid a lesson." Lizardman roared as it revved up it's chainsaw and hit Roxas dead on, redning his life to 4.

"Now for you Griffon!" All of Griffon's guns aimed towards Roxas and opened fire. But before any of the bullets could hit him, a purple shield with the depiction of a dragon's face on it appeared to block them. "I cast Black Dragon Shield!" Roxas stated as his life went up to 5.

"Fine then, I'll do it myself!" The criminal charged at Roxas and stabbed him with his spear, reducing the boy to 3 Life.

"Alright, you get another turn." The criminal said in annoyance as he waved off his turn to Roxas.

"Draw. Charge and Draw."

"You're in a tough spot, kid." Negulbalz informed the boy.

"Gee really?" Roxas said in an annoyed tone. "I cast Abyss Symphony and add two more cards to my hand."

Roxas grabbed a card. "I pay one gauge and call to the left, Servant of Wicked Lord, Nightmare." Nightmare appeared to Roxas' Left. "What is it you need me to get?" Nightmare asked the Nobody.

"I need you to grab you-know who from my drop." Roxas told the dragon.

"With pleasure." A small portal opened up between Nightmare's hands as a card flew out and moved to Roxas' hands.

"Do it now!" Negulbalz exclaimed.

"I got, I got it. I pay 1 gauge and Buddy Call to the right, Void Omni Wicked Lord, Negulbalz!" To Roxas' right erupted a spiraling pillar of darkness.

"I have finally arrived. I have crawled my way out from Darkness Dragon World and descended to Earth to find Tenbu and all those who dare stand in my way shall be crushed!" Coming out of the pillar was Negulbalz in his full glory, around two of his arms were chains and his body was covered in scars.

"Now I'll take out Griffon!" Roxas leapt at the armorknight while Griffon let out it's own screech and flew towards the buddyfighter. Sliding down onto his knees, Roxas raised his sword and cut through Griffon as he slid under it's attack and destroyed it. "Spectral Strike!"

"Not this time! I cast Phoenix Wall!" A wall of phoenix shaped fire intercepted the orb, reducing his damage by two. "Your trick is pointless this time." The criminal said before noticing the Nobody's buddy staring at him meacingly as his eyes glowed. "Huh?

"Negulbalz effects let's him deal damage to the fighter anytime on of their monsters are destroyed equal to that monster's size." Roxas explained to the criminal as he rested the sword on his shoulder.

"What?!" The man exclaimed in panic.

Green flame gathered in the Void Omni Wicked Lord's hand before he threw it at the man, exploding upon contact and dealing two damage to reduce him to 4 Life.

"Now, Nightmare, rip him apart." Roxas told the dragon. Nightmare flew towards the man, claws ready to shred him apart.

"I cast Battle Aura Circle!" A crimson wall of fire intercepted Nightmare's attack.

"Negulbalz, Take out Lizardman." The black dragon stomped towards the smaller armorknight and grabbed him with hand before crushing him with his grip. The Omni Lord then turned to the enemy fighter who squeaked in fear. "Fool, I'll crush all of you!" Negulbalz slammed his fist into the man, reducing him to 3 Life.

"I end my turn." Roxas said as he stabbed his sword into the ground.

The criminal fighter groaned as he stood up again before glaring at the boy. "Draw. Charge and Draw. I call to the center Armorknight Eagle to the center." An armored eagle also with various weapons attached to it's body and wearing goggles appeared.

"I've got a bad feeling about this..." Eagle muttered nervously.

"I call to the left, Armorknight Demon!" The criminal said as he threw his card into the air. It transformed into a blue demon with triple barreled cannons for arms. Demon destroyed eagle with it's cannons before landing on the left.

"Now Demon, Attack!" Demon flew into the air and aimed it's right cannon at Roxas.

"I cast Black Dragon Shield!" Roxas casted the spell which stopped the energy blast from hitting him while increasing his Life to 4.

"Unfortunately Demon has Double Attack!" The criminal said which made the blond's eyes widen. Demon aimed both cannons at Roxas and opened fire. The boy cried out as he was blasted down to 1 Life.

"You're all out of luck kid. With this attack I'll-"

"I cast."

"Huh?" The criminal blinked at the interruption.

Roxas slowly got up with narrowed eyes and a glowing card in his hand. "Whenever I take damage I can pay 1 gauge and cast, Guillotine Cutter!" His card turned into a glowing yellow buzzsaw and threw it at the criminal, the saw cutting right through their weapon and destroying it.

"No!" The man cried out in terror. He then turned back to the glaring Roxas. "I-I end my turn."

"Draw. Charge and Draw." Roxas raised his weapon and pointed it at Armorknight Demon. "Nightmare, help me end that Monster."

"With pleasure." Nightmare flew at Armorknight Demon. The armorknight fired back at the black dragon repeatedly however Nightmare weaved through all his shots and swiped at Demon, his claws clashing against Demon's cannons. Demon pushed him back and aimed a cannon to fire again but it was literally cut off before it could fire thanks to Roxas, giving Nightmare the opportunity to pierce Demon through the chest, destroying him.

"Spectral Strike!" Roxas swung the orb at the fighter, reducing him to 1 Life.

The criminal coughed from the smoke created by the hit before noticing a looming shadow over him to look up in terror at Negulbalz, flames ready in all four hands. "Now that your underlings are crushed, I'll crush you with them!" He shouted, causing the man to scream as he slammed all fire fireballs into him, reducing his Life to 0 and ending the game.

"Game Over. Winner: Roxas."

Both flags and all monsters disappeared in a burst of orange cards. Suddenly, several men in buddy police uniforms appeared and surrounded the criminal. "Freeze with your hands up!" One of them yelled, causing the man to raise his arms in a defeated gesture. One of the buddy police members approached Roxas. "Are you okay kid?"

"Yeah, that guy came out of nowhere and challenged me to a buddyfight." Roxas explained.

"Well, it's good your safe. The man is an experienced fighter, you must be good player." The cop complimented the boy.

"Actually it was my first time playing. Just got my buddy today." Roxas said bluntly, surprising everyone.

"What?! I lost to a newbie?!" The criminal, now in hand cuffs, yelled in shock. "The guys at the slammer are never gonna let me live this down..." He muttered as he was escorted into the back of a police van.

"I see. Well if you just got your buddy, would you like us to give you a lift to the buddy card office to get registered?" The man offered.

Roxas inwardly blinked at the convenience of the situation and nodded. "That would be appreciated." He smiled.


It was dark out now that Roxas finally managed to leave the Buddy Card Office. "Ugh, I can't believe it took so long to get you registered." He spoke to his deck.

"It wasn't helpful you didn't have any information either." His buddy retorted.

"Yeah well at least I made a good cover." one of the few times he'll thank the Organization for the lessons on blending in and lying to avoid suspicion.

"Right, child from the 'boonies'." Negulbalz said in a flat tone.

"Hey, that was what Demyx referred to it as." Roxas yelled at his deck in frustration before letting out a huff. "At least that's over with. Now we can make our way in this world." He thought of the name of the place he was in, some place called Nexus City in America.

"Indeed." Negulbalz agreed with his buddy.

Roxas started whistling as they walked by some lamp posts, each one going out as the past by.